A Product from Symmetry

Problem

Real numbers $a, b, c, d$ satisfy

(a+c)(a+d) = (b+c)(b+d) = 3, \qquad a \neq b.

Find $(a+c)(b+c)$ .

Answer

Solution

Difficulty	4/10
Topics	algebra, Vieta's Formulas, Symmetry

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